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Lift the Curse blends scintillating riffs and soaring melodies on the new record, Rise with the Flames, with the Texan duo releasing a string of singles since last summer.

WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF VLTIMAS’ NEW MUSIC VIDEO AND SINGLE “MISERERE” ONLY ON OUTBURN.COM Band members include Rune Eriksen (Mayhem), Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy), and David Vincent (Morbid Angel)

Godfathers of death metal, Poland’s Vader just wrapped up a month long tour of North America—their first here in almost three years. As luck would have it, it also happened to fall on big anniversaries of three of their most revered albums—De Profundis (25 years), Litany (20 years), and The Art of War (15 years), giving the band an excuse to bring out some deeper, older cuts on this run.

Tis the season for holiday shows, and we may have caught the biggest and heaviest one this year at Buffalo native’s Every Time I Die’s annual two day show Tid the Season. Day 2 of Tid the Season started in the early afternoon at Buffalo Riverworks with a couple hours of professional wrestling.

You know that a show is going to be amazing when the fans are lined up outside even with the threat of rain and umbrellas not permitted in the venue.

WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE OF SPARROWS “WORSHIP SONG” ON OUTBURN.COM. Failed Gods, due August 9 via Sound Anxiety, is the third full-length album for Sparrows, the post-hardcore outfit of Dan Thomson (vocals, guitar), Justin Sears (guitar) and Jon Busby (drums) along with new addition Jack Panic (bass).

“When we got all three of our music videos back for this album, our director, Sam Link, thought it would be a cool idea to combine them into a short film! That concept isn’t really something that we see a ton of bands pursuing, so we figured we’d give it a try. All the videos transition into one another and we’re so happy with how it came out.”

Model Stranger is currently promoting their upcoming LP Phases. The first single “Breaks My Heart” proves the band’s skill. The song also show’s off the trio’s range and ability, as a softer bridge juxtaposes perfectly with the fast-paced verses and refrain.

In anticipation of the multidimensional duo’s new album, Gas Lit, available on Invada Records, the band goes into detail behind the meaning of each track.

LISTEN TO THE EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF THE NEW ALBUM PACIFICA BY ADVENTURER AND READ GUITARIST/VOCALIST STEVEN CHRISTY’S TRACK BY TRACK ONLY ON OUTBURN.COM Detroit quartet Adventurer has released a new album, Pacifica, which draws on influences from punk, indie, and melodic hardcore.